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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 1722812, member: 8267"]Such carvings are derived from the Baule tradition of carving "spirit spouses", called blolo bla. The later versions, depicted in colonial/westernized clothing, are referred to as "colon". For more information see:</p><p>Philip Ravenhill: <u>Dreams and Reverie: Images of Otherworld Mates Among the Baule, West Africa.</u> Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 1722812, member: 8267"]Such carvings are derived from the Baule tradition of carving "spirit spouses", called blolo bla. The later versions, depicted in colonial/westernized clothing, are referred to as "colon". For more information see: Philip Ravenhill: [U]Dreams and Reverie: Images of Otherworld Mates Among the Baule, West Africa.[/U] Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996.[/QUOTE]
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